DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.3 - - 53.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1467 - - 1474 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1441 - - 920 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2356 - - 2363 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 201 - - 332 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 195 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 17 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 097 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 733 - - 772 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1623 - - 1591 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 378 - - 246 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1978 - - 2117 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 140 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.3 - - 53.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 49.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.5 - - 52.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.3 - - 48.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1467 - - 1474 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96723 18 231 28 252 96723 89500 16 257 18 265 89500 83962 12 224 15 283 83962 79372 6 293 18 276 79372 75425 9 258 14 263 75425 71926 14 309 19 308 71926 68745 19 283 22 292 68745 65813 13 287 22 281 65813 63086 21 307 24 288 63086 60428 33 282 29 281 60428 57643 31 268 27 269 57643 54749 26 261 26 263 54749 51971 28 263 28 266 51971 49470 35 264 39 266 49470 47246 41 257 45 255 47246 45242 44 254 47 247 45242 43433 57 245 57 245 43433 41792 66 235 65 242 41792 40286 67 236 65 240 40286 38876 66 236 67 242 38876 37538 66 238 72 244 37538 36235 67 240 72 243 36235 34902 67 239 67 241 34902 33513 63 238 63 241 33513 32071 56 242 58 244 32071 30564 53 247 54 246 30564 28983 56 251 56 245 28983 27327 58 256 59 240 27327 25589 60 258 59 241 25589 23770 59 258 56 248 23770 21872 55 257 51 258 21872 19894 50 258 44 261 19894 17832 37 250 39 259 17832 15739 30 257 33 257 15739 13726 23 255 30 247 13726 11889 20 252 27 244 11889 10254 23 248 27 234 10254 8801 28 259 32 231 8801 7508 27 257 34 234 7508 6358 22 249 32 234 6358 5337 22 248 25 232 5337 4438 26 247 20 231 4438 3647 24 241 17 226 3647 2949 14*229 8*178 2949 2343 3*217 10*100 2343 1840 3 221 10 098 1840 1455 2 222 10 097 1455 1190 2 227 10 095 1190 1028 2 228 9 095 1028 936 2 229 8 095 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography